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In this paper the idea of "Raison de Zionism" is developed as a "compass" for Israel and zionism. The term "Raison de Zionism" refers to a coherent group of guidelines, derived from reconsidered fundamental Zionist values on the one hand, and directly applicable to concrete issues on the other. (DÜI-Hns)

Emotion lies at the heart of all national movements, and Zionism is no exception. For those who identify as Zionist, the word connotes liberation and redemption, uniqueness and vulnerability. Yet for many, Zionism is a source of distaste if not disgust, and those who reject it are no less passionate than those who embrace it. The power of such emotions helps explain why a word originally associated with territorial aspiration has survived so many years after the establishment of the Israeli state. Zionism: An Emotional State expertly demonstrates how the energy propelling the Zionist project originates from bundles of feeling whose elements have varied in volume, intensity, and durability across space and time. Beginning with an original typology of Zionism and a new take on its relationship to colonialism, Penslar then examines the emotions that have shaped Zionist sensibilities and practices over the course of the movement's history. The resulting portrait of Zionism reconfigures how we understand Jewish identity amidst continuing debates on the role of nationalism in the modern world

"Emotion lies at the heart of all national movements, and Zionism is no exception. For those who identify as a Zionist, the word connotates liberation and redemption, uniqueness and vulnerability. Yet for many, Zionism is a source of distaste if not disgust, and those who reject it are no less passionate than those who embrace it. The power of such emotions helps explain why a word originally associated with territorial aspiration has survived for so many years after the establishment of the Israeli State. Zionism: An Emotional State expertly demonstrates how the energy propelling the Zionist project originates from bundles of feelings whose elements have varied in volume, intensity, and durability across space and time. Beginning with an original typology of Zionism and a new take on its relationship to colonialism, Penslar then examines the emotions that have shaped Zionist sensibilities and practices over the course of the movement's history. The resulting portrait of Zionism reconfigures how we understand Jewish Identity amidst continuing debates on the role of nationalism in the modern world"--

In a critical engagement with Gabriel Piterberg's Returns of Zionism, Zeev Sternhell questions its account of Jewish nationalism's origins and trajectory, offering a different picture rooted in the turbulent contingencies of 19th-century Europe and the war of 1947-49. Adapted from the source document.

Intro -- Zionism -- Contents -- Foreword -- An "Inside Intellectual": Remarks on the Public Thought of Nathan Rotenstreich -- 1. Return and Modernity -- 2. Activity and the Present -- 3. Aspects of Renaissance -- 4. The Negation of the Diaspora -- 5. The Values of Israeli Society -- 6. Toward a Reformulation of Zionist Ideology -- Afterword -- Nathan Rotenstreich on Issues Relating to the Holocaust -- Appendix -- The Individual and Personal Responsibility -- The Holocaust as a Unique Historical Event -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

A review essay on books by: (1)Peter Beinart, The Crisis of Zionism (Times Books, 2012); (2)Cershorn Corenberg, The Unmaking of Israel (HarperCollins, 2011); (3)Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman, Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me (Hill and Wang, 2012); and (4)I.F. Stone, Underground to Palestine and Reflections Thirty Years Later (Hutchinson & Co., 1979).